The Oligarch

Rewriting Machiavelli's The Prince for Our Time
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-62168-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 157 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 2305 g

This book uses the structure of Machiavelli’s The Prince to show how governance has changed over the last 500 years. If Machiavelli focuses on power concentrated in the hands of the republic or principalities, The Oligarch looks at how states and companies today function as oligarchies. Rather than dealing with the form of government, it addresses the operations and networks of governance for both states and corporations as a single set of common processes. The author links politics, ecology and literature, by using the literary device of appropriation to raise awareness of ecology and the overreach of powerful people, offering both wielders and critics of power a common ground based on how people in power actually conduct themselves.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sherry, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Types of Oligarchies.- Section 2: Details of Acquisition and Management of Organizations.- Section 3: Oligarchic Forms.- Section 4: Managing Assets in Organizations.- Section 5: Guidance on Oligarchic Comportment.- Section 6: The Projects of Oligarchs.- Section 7: Good Offices.- Section 8: Risk Management and Marketplace Mentality.

Über Autor(innen)

James Sherry is the author of 12 books of criticism and poetry, most recently Oops! Environmental Poetics (2013) and Entangled Bank (2016). He is the editor of Roof Books, a literary press (roofbooks.com) in New York City, USA.